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[BlindKitty]

Once I was in a supermarket, and had an idea strike me - a FPS game set in big supermarket with killer foodstuffs used as weapons. This idea stems from fighting with my girlfriend using baguettes and a bottle of kamikaze Pepsi that once exploded in my backpack, giving me rough idea of the weaponry. There would be two types of weapons: melee weapons, which could be used for quick kills from behind (imagine sticking a baguette into someone's back and getting it all bloody out on the other side) or to old-school face to face fight, and thrown weapons, which are ranged, but can't score insta-kills from behind and you can only carry a very limited amount of ammo (you can imagine a can of soda shaken before throwing to act as a acid grenade, or bag of peanuts as frag grenade). Fast respawn, high kill threshold to win the match, and free-for-all as basic mode.
Your Tesco visit will never be the same from now on.

[BFEL]

Now I'm just curious what sparked the fight with your girlfriend

[BlindKitty]

Well, it wasn't a real fight - we are just strange people and having an item resembling a weapon lead us to making fun of BlindKitty the Knight, and it somehow spiraled down from there.

[MadMalkavian]

I want a Team Fortress 2 that isn't a first-person shooter. First person view is disorienting to me, as is third person. I'd like it if it were a top-down perspective. Never going to happen though.

[scrdest]

I want a Team Fortress 2 that isn't a first-person shooter. First person view is disorienting to me, as is third person. I'd like it if it were a top-down perspective. Never going to happen though.

Did you check out Gang Garrison? It's a demake of TF2 in side-scrolling 2D.

[BFEL]

I always wanted to have a space game where you take control of a customizable ship and just fly around the galaxy doing your thing. Kinda like a roguelike.
Closest thing I found was Drox Operative, but that got boring REAL fast due to insane amounts of grind.

Also theres this early access thing on steam called Starpoint Gemini that looks promising, but I'll wait till that's actually finished, because I have issues enough with PC games that AREN'T in beta.

[guitarxe]

I always wanted to have a space game where you take control of a customizable ship and just fly around the galaxy doing your thing. Kinda like a roguelike.
Closest thing I found was Drox Operative, but that got boring REAL fast due to insane amounts of grind.

Also theres this early access thing on steam called Starpoint Gemini that looks promising, but I'll wait till that's actually finished, because I have issues enough with PC games that AREN'T in beta.

Space Rangers 2? You can't customize your ship beyond buying different hulls and equipping different weapons/shields/engines/misc, but you can definitely just fly around doing your own thing.

[Niveras]

I always wanted to have a space game where you take control of a customizable ship and just fly around the galaxy doing your thing. Kinda like a roguelike.
Closest thing I found was Drox Operative, but that got boring REAL fast due to insane amounts of grind.

Also theres this early access thing on steam called Starpoint Gemini that looks promising, but I'll wait till that's actually finished, because I have issues enough with PC games that AREN'T in beta.

Although it has a campaign, Freelancer is close to this. Not very roguelike, though (well, most roguelikes have little leeway in how you progress, almost the polar opposite of sandbox). The mod community is still, last I heard a few years ago, still pretty active with servers offering factions (player and NPC) and PvP combat and rudimentary trading.

Actually, other than its controls and the fact that it's not a sim game, EVE is pretty much exactly what you're asking for.

[LordBaal]

For all those space games look up for spacesector.com.

There's is an awful lot of games coming this Christmas and next year that are basically RPG sandboxes in space. Of special mention is Mandate (currently starting on kickstarter), X Rebirth, and extra especially Star Citizen.

[guitarxe]

Eh? Star Citizen is coming out this Christmas? That's hard to believe. And also, last I heard the first "module" from Star Citizen to be going live will be that single-player "Squadron 42" or something thing.

[UltraValican]

Its a really rough idea, but here goes.

"An RPG/Civ game"
Okay, so the game has two modes.   In "World" mode you choose a faction. Each faction has a certain goal. Stuff like destroy everything, bring the world under one religion, recapture a sacred land and revive a dead god, or just conquer the world. There are tech trees, and resources and stuff to capture. You can build cities, and determine the overall layout. Units cost certain amounts of gold/resources and require certain facilities to make. You make individual units, and fit them into squads.  In  World mode combat is a standard "rock paper scissors" sort of thing. Archers can plink at range, You need catapults to bust down walls. That sort of thing. However, Factions can hire out heros. Heroes are different from standard units in that they can level up and are generally much stronger than normal units. However, they are fairly unpredictable. They have there own goals and motivations. They can be loyal or they could ditch you when the going gets tough. You can give them titles, gold, equipment, and party members. Sounds kinda like your HoMM style games, right?

In the RPG mode, you make a character. Select its race and such, and choose what town you want to start it. From there it plays like a normal RPG, but the game has a calender. A certain number of "days" is a turn in Civ mode. And the things that happen in the "Civ mode" of the game, can affect the player in the RPG mode. They could suddenly find themselves in a city under siege. Or watch an army clash in the plains. They can be bystanders and just try to survive in a chaotic world(or just a mundane one), or activly influence whats going on. RPG mode is kinda of like a rougelike in that it only ends if the player dies(and that includes if a civ manages to pull off an end of the world scenario).

Basically RPG mode is you playing as a guy in a game of Civilization on autopilot.

[Lightningfalcon]

I always wanted to have a space game where you take control of a customizable ship and just fly around the galaxy doing your thing. Kinda like a roguelike.
Closest thing I found was Drox Operative, but that got boring REAL fast due to insane amounts of grind.

Also theres this early access thing on steam called Starpoint Gemini that looks promising, but I'll wait till that's actually finished, because I have issues enough with PC games that AREN'T in beta.

I'd suggest a look at Prospector.  It's a decent game, very much a rougelike, and you get to run around in a spaceship.  My favorite part is probably being able to call in fire support from your ship.  "indigenous lifeforms think they can take on me?  I NEED FIRE SUPPORT NOW" 
Unfortunately last I've heard it hasn't been updated in over a year, is very much buggy, and after you get a fully decked battleship there isn't much to do.  However, before that you could be a trader, smuggler, stock marketer, pirate, pirate hunter, explorer, prospector, or a cartographer.  Nothing like getting biosamples by use of battleship mounted rocket launchers.   You can also outfit your crew of redshirts (they are referred to as such) with "loyalty" chips bought on the black market.   Those are always fun.   

[Tsuchigumo550]

Why don't we take that concept into the areas of "crossplay done right"?

Basically, a console Civ/MMO where player actions affect what it's like on mobile users.

If publishers want to force simul-play between a flagship console and peon mobile devices that cannot compare to the console, then let them. Every player's actions will affect the world the mobile users experience.

[BFEL]

Actually, other than its controls and the fact that it's not a sim game, EVE is pretty much exactly what you're asking for.

Guh, EVE. I played that, and while well KINDA, I found that the Zero Punctuation review of it said it right: That its basically space travel for stockbrokers or pencil pushers.

Also I now remember another game I play that did this in an epic way. Star Trek Online.
Which while I AM a Star Trek fan, it would be nice to have that kinda gameplay in a world not associated with a current IP.

As for this:

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Isn't this basically DWARF FUCKING FORTRESS?

[UltraValican]

Not really, though I can't say DF hadn't influenced the idea. The world goes static when you enter Dwarf or Adventure mode. My idea is more like playing DF as Legends are genning except legends will gen as a you play, and what happens will affect what the player will see and can do in the RPG.